全て

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
すべ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
総て
凡て
惣て
渾て
都て (dated)

Etymology[edit]

Originally the -te conjunctive form of Old Japanese verb 統ぶ (subu); compare modern 統べる (suberu, to gather many things together; to treat many things as a single group).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

(すべ) (subete

  1. entirely, completely; all
    Synonym: 悉く (kotogotoku)
    ()たことを(すべ)(はな)
    mita koto o subete hanasu
    to tell everything one has seen
    (literally, “to tell entirely what one has seen”)
    • 1947, 海野十三, 断層顔:
      では、(わたし)(ほう)()(たず)ねすることは(すべ)(おわ)りましてございます。
      De wa, watashi no hō de o-tazune suru koto wa subete owarimashite gozaimasu.
      My inquiries are hereby entirely concluded.
  2. in general, approximately
    Synonyms: おおよそ (ōyoso), 大体 (daitai), 総じて (sōjite)
  3. (with negative verb) at all, completely
    Synonyms: 全然 (zenzen), 丸っ切り (marukkiri)

Synonyms[edit]

Noun[edit]

(すべ) (subete

  1. everything, all
    Synonym: 一切 (issai)
    (すべ)はいかがですか。
    Subete wa ikaga desu ka.
    How is everything?
    • 1948, 坂口安吾, ヤミ論語:
      もとより、(さっ)()(みずか)らの(ぶん)(しょう)(すべ)(せき)(にん)()うている。
      Motoyori, sakka wa mizukara no bunshō ni subete no sekinin o oute iru.
      Of course, the writer bears all of the responsibility for what he writes.

Usage notes[edit]

This term is more commonly spelled in hiragana.

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN